Radio station WERC-AM in Birmingham now airing on FM frequency

Rush Limbaugh fans may now get their daily dose of Rush on
FM, too, as Birmingham news-talk radio station WERC-AM 960
is now also airing on FM.

WERC began broadcasting on both the AM and FM frequencies
Sunday night, Paul Cashin, the station's program
director, said Monday.

On the FM dial, WERC may be heard on the 105.5 FM
frequency that was previously home to rock station The
Vulcan, which is now off the air. Clear Channel
Communications, which owns WERC, made the move to strengthen
the station's coverage area, Cashin said.

"A number of our business partners (advertisers)
requested we switch to FM," Cashin said. "They,
along with listeners, who depending on where they live in
town, and particularly those in office buildings, wanted a
better signal for our programming."

In addition to nationally syndicated shows hosted by
Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Clark Howard, WERC is home to the
locally produced "Steve & Leah in the Morning"
with Steve Shannon and Leah Brandon. It was recently named
the state's best large-market talk show by the Alabama
Broadcasters Association. Bob Carlton --